dining
room
 The
dining room features a table large enough to seat
16. The houseparents and their five children can
join up to six residents and three visitors or guests
for the midday and the evening meals. At times when
there might be only one or two girls in-house, the
table is butted up against the glass block windowed
north wall to save space.
Food is passed at mealtime,
but getting it across the table can sometimes be
an adventure! The ministry's focus on family structure
is most evident at mealtime. The table and chairs
were built by local craftsman Wendell Guerkink and
donated by the Catholic Singles group.
kitchen
 The
girls are taught to do meal-planning, cooking, grocery
planning and food management, as well as clean-up
in the kitchen.
Teens are sometimes shocked to learn
that there is no automatic dishwasher at Harbor
House-and dishwashing can be a brand new experience
along with other living skills. Volunteers will
often come in and help prepare meals with them.
 Cooking
is another skill that some girls learn for the first
time here, and many of the fire drills that take
place at Harbor House are actually a secondary alarm-after
the oven timer! Complaining about the food (burnt
or not) is not allowed, and the girls (along with
the house family) learn to eat what is served. The
kitchen cabinets were built and donated by local
cabinetmaker Charles Heckler.
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